Airplane Economics |
When I was a kid and we were playing outside, if a plane flew overhead, we'd stretch out our hands and shout, "Throw down some candy!" Time after time we did this, knowing we were just indulging our f...
Posted by on Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:38:00 GMT |
POETRY MARATHON: I Am Your Candidate for Change ... Not |
My fellow countrymen and citywomen,This is a crucial time for our nation. As we search for a leader who can guide us toward peace (or at least security) and prosperity, our Presidential candidates are...
Posted by on Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:59:00 GMT |
Travel Blog Update |
Hey, kids! It's been forever since I've fulfilled my obligation to keep you up to date on my travels. Here's a very quick update--more to come!August, 2007:Hiking on Vancouver Island with Mike's famil...
Posted by on Sun, 26 Aug 2007 11:26:00 GMT |
Alternatives to War |
I have two poems--"Alternatives to War" and "Secretariat's Heart"--in the current issue of the on-line magazine Konundrum Literary Engine.One is about the escalation of violence. The other is about a ...
Posted by on Wed, 20 Jun 2007 22:38:00 GMT |
Child Porn: Beyond Posturing and Prurience |
So you've probably heard that police in numerous countries have broken up an international on-line child pornography operation. Thirty children have been rescued and adults in Great Britain, the U.S.,...
Posted by on Mon, 18 Jun 2007 19:20:00 GMT |
Marathon Poem |
A couple of weeks ago I used this platform to solicit contributions to Woodland Pattern Book Center in the form of sponsorship of my reading at the WP poetry marathon. I shamelessly whored myself, off...
Posted by on Wed, 31 Jan 2007 19:02:00 GMT |
RIP Ryszard Kapuscinski |
Ryszard Kapuscinski died this week at age 74. He was a Polish journalist who covered more than 27 revolutions and coups, many of them in Africa. His books provide so many valuable insights into Africa...
Posted by on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 09:28:00 GMT |
Poetry Marathon: Your Word in My Poem |
We've all met them, those insufferable boors who claim not to "get" art, who are still Windexing their Nagels, whose idea of a foreign film is anything with Schwarzenegger, who feel intellectual if th...
Posted by on Wed, 17 Jan 2007 18:46:00 GMT |
New Year's Travel Blog |
PART ONE: PLUS CA CHANGEHas it been a year already? Seems like only yesterday I was driving with Louise deeper and deeper into the black abyss of suburban St. Louis, both of us wondering where we'd go...
Posted by on Wed, 03 Jan 2007 01:19:00 GMT |
Reading Nov. 24 from Search Party |
The fruits of the solitary writing life are being born all over the freaking place. Come hear me read some poems from my by-then-to-be-completed book manuscript Search Party:-Friday, November 24, 7:45...
Posted by on Tue, 14 Nov 2006 20:55:00 GMT |
